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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Fredrik Backman

11 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Brené Brown

4 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
nonfiction psychology self help inspiring medium-paced
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Amanda Gorman

228 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

7 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

9 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

Maggie O'Farrell

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
fiction childrens hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and a Quest to Kayak the World's Largest River from Source to Sea by Darcy Gaechter

Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and a Quest to Kayak the World's Largest River from Source to Sea

Darcy Gaechter

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
nonfiction memoir travel reflective fast-paced
Now What?: How to Move Forward When We're Divided About Basically Everything by Beth Silvers, Sarah Stewart Holland

Now What?: How to Move Forward When We're Divided About Basically Everything

Beth Silvers, Sarah Stewart Holland

5 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rodiemom's review
nonfiction politics self help informative reflective medium-paced